Series of Dreams

In the song “Series of Dreams,” Bob Dylan uses the symbols and archetypes of flying and falling to express the theme of confusion within the dream. According to Anthony Stevens in Ariadne’s Clue, he states, “The fall is thus a mythic representation of humanity’s transformation from hunter to farmer” (419). Mentioning of flying was also apparent: “Flying is clearly link to the symbolism of ascent and decent,” which indicates that the dreamer is possibly at an all-time high either spiritually or emotionally. Though in the song “Series of Dreams,” he says “Wasn’t thinking of anything specific,” clearly that was not the case when he says, “In one, numbers were burning, In another, I witnessed a crime”(Dylan).